Police: Pa. pilot snorts heroin, fires gun

December 04, 2012

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia pilot snorted heroin and fired a handgun in his home, sending a bullet into two neighboring apartments, police said.

No one was hurt.

Justin Levitt, 29, of Middletown, told police he must have had a bad dream and fired his gun in his sleep, but authorities said he admitted to snorting two bags of heroin that night, the Bucks County Courier Times reported Monday.

Police also found marijuana and bottles of urine in Levitt's flight bag. Court documents indicate he told police he buys the urine so he can pass drug tests and keep his pilot's license.

Levitt was arrested on a felony charge of discharging a firearm in an occupied structure, and four misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment. He was freed Monday after posting bail, the paper reported.

Levitt is a former Navy pilot who now flies planes for an aircraft sales company based in Paoli.

Residents told police they heard a loud bang about 11:45 p.m. Thursday. Police found a bullet hole three feet above Levitt's bed. Authorities said the bullet passed through an adjoining apartment and lodged underneath the carpet of another unit.